Greene County Church and Parsonage, Yours for $379,900

"This Green County property needs some love to bring it back to life, but for the right buyer it offers a chance to create a peaceful Catskill retreat. A 19th century wood frame church and a bracketed cottage, the former parsonage, are included in the sale. The property on the market at 18-24 Jerome Avenue in Cairo was home to the Calvary Episcopal Church until 2020."

"The Calvary Episcopal Church was founded in 1832 and by 1833 the small congregation had constructed a wood frame church. An 1833 account by the first minister, who divided his time with another area church, reported that a consecration service was held that summer and an organ was "expected in a few days." By 1870 there were 22 families in the congregation and the itemized property included the church, valued at an estimated $2,500, and a parsonage at $2,000."

The nearly one-acre property at 18-24 Jerome Avenue in Cairo contains a 19th-century wood-frame Calvary Episcopal Church, a mid-19th-century bracketed cottage that served as the parsonage, and a garage. The congregation was established in the 1830s, built the church by 1833, and held its last service in December 2020. The Archdiocese of Albany sold the property to an LLC in 2022. Europeans settled the area in the 17th century; a village formed in 1803 and was renamed Cairo in 1808. The area’s natural beauty and later railroad access supported tourism, and the property requires restoration but could become a peaceful Catskills retreat.

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